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Bud McCoy Killed.A Charleston (\V. Vs.) dispatch of Thursday nyi:Several days ago ii was announced thai Bud McCoy, one of the most notorious of the McCey faction in ibe famous Hatfleld#McCny feu 1, had been murdered. The particulare have at lam been received , sod are ab* ut a-» follows: On Thursday afietnooi. , October 30. as Bud McCoy wa* leaving the bou-c of John Josl n, onPeer’s Creek, Pike county, K\, whore bed eaten dinner, he passed B ll Dyre and Pies McCoy. As *o» n as Lis hack was turned the pair fired on him. At the shots Bud Ml from bis horao dead. Several more shots were fired into his pr» strafe body, and his head bvaien to a jvlly with a •ton**. Af;er committing this Icarful crime the murderers fled. A pureuing party wss quickly rondo up and the chase begun. On a branch ofKnox creek, in Buchanan county Virginia, the pair were overtaken and a short fight ensued. Pha McCoy received a alight flc*h w* unri on ibe cheek and surrendered. Dyre dropped his gun and fled and baa not as vet been apprehended. A reward of $850 baa bran offered for hie capture. There are aeveral stories afloat as to the origin of the kilting. The one most brlieved la that some yearasince Bud McCoy ran away with a sister of one Aaron Smith and then deserted her. 8he afterwords became the wife of Bill Dyre. He was an. quainted with her past but never forgave Bud. Smith wwa an ex jsil bird, having escaped from the Pike coon’j Jail last summer. Bud McCoy, being deputy sheriff, attempted bis capture several tiroes; This fact, with the past, embittered Smith against Mo-Coy, and it is altered that ho hired Pies McCoy and Bill Dyre to do the bloody woik. .Smith n now In ja'l charged with being an accessory tothe crime. Pies McCoy, who is not over 16 years of age, confessed after being arrested that Smith had promised him a Winchester rifle and a revolver if he would fire the firs*, shot. The murdered man waa a cousin of Plea McCoy, a brother-in law of Dyre, and is said to bare killed eight men during h;s life.t
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Romney South Branch Intelligencer
Romney, West Virginia, US
Fri, Nov 21, 1890
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